You will also find a review about Carlo Ancelotti's excellent book on tactics and Massimiliano Allegri's first literary project. There are excerpts from a factual novel about the Juventus and Azzurri legend, Gaetano Scirea, by Gianluca Iovine. Lastly, a detailed look at Francesco Totti's humorous yet historical guidebook on ancient Rome.

There are also two reviews with sporting themes outside of football:"30 su 30"by La Gazzetta dello Sport's NBA reporter (he used to cover the Azzurri and Juventus for the same newspaper), Riccardo Pratesi, and "Con la testa e con il cuore si va ovunque" by Paralympian, Giusy Versace, who was a TV presenter on a football-themed program (Domenica Sportiva) and is now a member of the Italian Parliament.

6. Featured Review

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My Review in Brief:

From Malmö to Milan, from Ajax to the Galaxy, with many other stops along the way, the Zlatan Express has roared across world football leaving behind an indelible imprint of audacious talent, brutal honesty, legendary goals, sensational media quotes, tremendous self-belief, 33 trophies, and most of all, hundreds of spell-bound and bewildered opponents in its quake.

Ibrahimović, to quote Massimo Moratti of Internazionale many years ago, "is the ultimate professional." He embodies street smarts, hard work, high intelligence along with his prodigious multi-lingual communication skills.

If a trophy were ever awarded for professionalism to one's craft, it would have Zlatan's name on it. The ultimate professional and a winner with a capital W.